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"Young Šambioa (Karajá) with ear sticks and wooden lip peg"

Caption Ehrenreich, Paul. 1891. contributions to the ethnology of Brazil. I. The Karaya tribes on the Rio Araguaya (Goyaz) II. On some peoples on the Rio Purus (Amazonas) Berlin: W. Spemann, plates II/1a and 1b: "Karaya. Men (of the fourth village of the Šambioa). 1a and 1b. Portrait of a young Šambioa with ear sticks and wooden lip peg, the widely parted hair and the clearly recognisable tribal tattooing on the cheeks."

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Karajá (Iny Karaja)
Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Kartonformat (Foto): 12,7 x 17,7 cm
Bildformat (Foto): 10,9 x 8 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII E 1209 a

Provenance and sources

when
1888
where
Brazil [Land]
Rio Araguaia [Fluss]
who
Ehrenreich, Paul - Photographers
Karajá (Iny Karaja)

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